Amusement device



C. LOMBARDO.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLxcAloN FILED APR.24. |920.

1,350, 873. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.V

vAPPLICATION FILED APR. 24| |920. 1,350,873. I Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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CARI: LOMBARDO, OF DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T0 JOSEPHFAMILET, OF DUNKIRK, NEW YORK.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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To all whom t may concern Bc it known that l, CARL LOMBARDO, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Dunkirk, in the county ofChautauqua and State of New York, have inventedvnew and usefulImprovements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

rlfhe object of the invention is to provide a relatively simple/andreadily transportable amusement -dev'ice of the *type embodying cars orcarriers for passengers and serving by reason of the movement ofsuchcars or carriers and the attendant sensations incident to the movementof the same to afford entertainment not only for the occupants but alsofor the observers and wherein thevv corporation of the movable membersmay be secured and controlled without the complicated and cumbersomemechanism ordinarily required in connection with amusement devices ofthe merry-go-round and similar types, and with these objects in view theinvention consists in a construction, combination and arrangement ofparts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanyingdrawings wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the track mechanism orbase.`

Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of one section or element of the base orplatform.

Fig. 8 is an edge view of the construction vshown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the car arranged in operative position upon thetrack.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the in perspective of cks' 11of an elongated or approximately tical form consisting of rails12between ch are arranged the trolley wires 13 eferably countersunk orembedded in the sur-face of the platform or base as shown' clearly. inFigs. 3 and el so as to afford no objectionable projection above thesurface of the platform to interfere with movement Specification ofLetters Patent.

accommodation of a series of parallel Patented Aug., 2e, 1920. lSerialNo. 376,288.

connection to the drive wheels 18 of said car for 'carriage'which areadapted to traverse the track rails.`

T he base or platform is of sectional con-Y struction, comprising' themainly rectangular sections or membersshown in detail in Figs. 2, 3 andL1 and also indicated in the plan view Fig. l as vof square contour withcorresponding sections 12n of the track rails permanently securedthereto as by means of spikes 19 or the like, and registrable sectionsof the grooves or seats 13a for the trol ley wires to the end that whenthe sections or members ofthe base or platform are arranged in theirproper relative positions to which end they are preferably numberedconsecutively or in accordance with some plan by which they aredistinguishably designated, the sections of the track members andtheseats for the trolley wires will properly register to form acontinuous systemsuch as indicated in Fig. 1. These sections or membersof the base or platform are adapted to besecured together to form acontinuous structure by means of cleats 2O which are disposed forexample in bores or seats 21 formed in the thickness of the sections andsecured in place by bolts 22 or the equivalent thereof so that when thebolts at one end of a cleat are removed the por tion of the cleat nttedin the section or meniber of the platform may be withdrawn as indicatedin Fig. 2 to permit of the separation of adjoining sections, to leavethe cleat in a longitudinally or transversely projectling position withrelation to the edge of the other sectionor member, so as to facilitatethe subsequent joining of the sections or members inseries to form orplatform.

The trolley arm shown in detail in 8 consists of a guide block 23adapted to be secured in' any convenient and substantial manner tothecar or carriage as by means of hinges 24, and in a bore 25 thereof istted `a stem 26 bifurcated at its lower end to form a yoke 27 of whichthe arms carry a transverse spindle 28 upon which the trolley wheel orspool 29 is mounted to traverse the the complete base conductors 13embedded in the surface of the base or platform. Between thegupper endof the stem 26 and the end of the bore of the guide block is located anextension spring 30 serving to 'yieldingly and posi-v tively hold thetrolleywheel or spool in engagement with the conductor.

In practice it ils preferred to so arrange i the/l cars or carriers asto cause them to traverse the several tracks to which they are assignedin different directions and prevent alternate cars or carriersmoving inopposite directions as indicated by the arrows in Fig.

' l and it will be understood that the form f devices for the furtheramusement of the riders, or auxiliary scenery may be em.

ployed as with other amusement devices wherein-the general principle ofthe car -adapted for progressive I ployed.

movement is em- What is 'claimed vis l. An amusement apparatus having abase orplatform provided with continuous pai'- allel track rails, andintervening continuous seats .for electrical conductors, said trackrails being adapted for progressive traverse by cars or carriers, thebase or platform consisting of a plurality of detachable sections ormembers of substantially uniform dimen` sions respectively provided withsections or members of said track rails and conductor seats, and meansfor securing said sections or members in their prescribed relativepositions.

2. An amusement apparatus having a base or platform providedwith aplurality of tracks for traverse by progressive movable cars orcarriers, and means for actuating the latter, said platform consistingof detachably connected sections or members of substantially uniformdimensions respectively carrying sections of said tracks, and cleatsterminally embedded in the sections or members between the planes of theupper and lower surfaces thereof and in intersecting relation vwith thejoints between adjacent sections or `members, and terminally;

and removably attached respectively to said sections or members. 3. Anamusement apparatus of the' class described having a base or platformprovidedl with parallel tracks and sunk or embedded trolley wires, caiso'r carriers traversing said tracks and carrying motors, and

trolley arms mounted upon said cars or carriers and having trolleywheels or spools for traversing the trolley wires, said trolley armseach consisting of a hinged-guide block, a stem fitted for longitudinalmovement in the guide block, and a spring for impelling the stemlongitudinally toward -the base or platform, said stem being providedwith a terminal yoke having a spool or trolley wheel carrying spindlevdisposed in spanning relation with the arms thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL JMBARDO.

